Chapter 20 Benjamin Asks for Help
ree were amund, but not Rowan.
It was late when i got home, but the house was brightly lit. I had Lee leave after dropping me odt, Paula and George.
“Ivacy, where’s Rowan? Isn’t he with you? Paula asked when the saw me one
“I ran into a friend after the torn, so went out for a meal with her, I thought Rowan had already come home.” looked surprised.
III were guessing correctly, he wouldn’t be home tonight. Now that he had new prey, his heart was all on her
Groge looked thunders. He and Paula had yet to return to Cantine City, but Rowan already had the nerve to spend the might outside. If they weren’t around, wouldn’t the house be nothing more than a hotel to him?
call him! It he doesn’t answer, call his friends!” He waved a hand, loolding furious.
Paula looked at me, and I pulled out my phone and handed it to her. I would be in for a shelling if I called Rowan, which wasn’t what I wanted. I knew everything would be tine i passed this to Paula–Rowan wouldn’t date shout at her.
I didn’t know any of his friends well, but I did have all of their numbers.except Ivan’s Paula scrolled through my contacts and started making calls. After about bortive, I heard Chester’s voice ring out. “Rowan, it’s tvory!”
“I don’t wanna talk to her! Rowan sounded impatient. Paula and George heard everything
The other people around him cheered and whooped. I knew they only thought of me as an unloved, abandoned wite.
Chester lowered his ver a little. “11’s your mothet…”
The cheering immediately disappeared. Then, Rowan came on the line “Mom?”
“Where are you? Why aren’t you back for dinner? Do you want to overexet yourself at such a young age by drinking and having fun with those playboy friends of yours?” Paula was usually gentle and poised, but now, she was like a raging tigress.
“I’m just meeting up with a few friends. I’ll be back soon,” he said in exasperation.
“Ivory went out for a meal with her friend, too, but she’s back now. I’ll give you half an hour to get back here! Paula hung up angrily because she could hear women laghing on the other end of the line.
She gave me a complicated look “Ill teach him a lesson when he’s back later, Ivory. He’s ridiculous!”
I took the phone and modded, feigning gnevance.
Half an hour later, Rowan retumed, looking resentful. I’d just finished dinner and was wiping my mouth when his death state made achill run down my spine. He was filled with resentiment and anger, so he didn’t need to eat thing. He threw his coat onto the couch before storming upstairs.
Paula and George didn’t care whether he had dinner. They remained on the couch as they watched TV. I couldn’t join them because I couldn’t stand the show they were watching. I had no chaser but to head upstairs.
Thrand the sound of water running in the bathroom. Rowan’s phone had been fling onto the bed. I was a little tempted to check it. I wanted to know whether he’d contacted Ashley after I’d split up with her earlier. I picked it up but found that it needed a face scan to be unlocked
I was feeling regretful when a text came in I could see the first half of the message. It was probably a teply from Ashley. “Im sorry, Mr. Payne, but already have a boyfriend. Lalu heard that you’re….”
Trouldn’t see the rest. The phone had to be unlocked
Suddenly, Rowan’s voice rang out, and it was icy “What are you doing?”
He took the phone out of my hands and wamed, “Don’t touch my phone from now on!
He looked down and unlocked it to read the message, after which his expression became uglier. A man like him could have any woman he wanted–all he had to do was hook a finger, and countless married women would immediately divorce their husbands to be with him. Yet Ashley had tuned him down.
İtis pride had suttered a bizzer blow than ever before, and his charms had been challenged.
1 deliberately asked, “Who is she?”
“It’s none of your business.” He shot me animitated lock.
wife. Am I right?” I didn’t
“If I’m guessing, enrrectly, the rest of her message should be that she heard that you’re married and hopes you’ll remain faithful to your wi getud In fact, I was proud of my intelligence. I knew what Ashley was like. She would definitely say something moral and ethical.
Rowan sat on the bed, “So?”
I pulled out a divorce agreement from the drawer. This time, I’d amended it a little and asked Rowan for 3% of Payne Corporation’s stocks. He laughed mirthlessly after reading it.“%d the company’s stucks? You’re a gendy oor, Ivory *
PaymeCorporation ut many small investors most of them didn’t even hold 3% of the company’s stock
Thesitated to say anything. How was I going to indirectly tell him that he would only offer me more if he didn’t give me 3% now? After all, in my previous lite, he’d offered
of Page Corporation’s storks
“She doesn’t like that you’re married, right? All you need to do is spend a little money to divorce ine. Then, you can go after her without anything holding you back!
“Do you think she’s worth that? Rowan raised an eyebrow, looking rather mocking.
I was lost for words. Wasn’t she? He’d later been willing to give up everything for her!
Perhaps he’d yet to realize how he really felt for her and thought she was just another conquest that he would grow sick of after having her. That was why he could My something like that
Chapter 20 Benjamin Acks for Help
I sighed and tore the divorce agreement before throwing it into the trash. It looked like I would have to prepare an agreement asking for 10% of Payme Corporation’s stocks sometime in the future.
Rowan watched me coldly. Then, I went to take a shower, feeling a little disappointed. When I was done, he was on the phone on the balcony. A cigarette dangled from his fingers, and the smell of nicotine wafted into the room, brought in by the night breeze. I couldn’t help coughing
He turned to look at me before hanging up and throwing the cigarette onto the balcony. He stubbed it out with his shoe. “Couldn’t you have thrown that into the trash? It’s hard for Ella to clean, you know,” I said while applying my skincare.
I was particularly reliant on Ella. I left my meals, the herbal concoctions, and the master bedroom’s cleaning to her. Of course, she was also paid more than the others. She was very grateful to me for that.
“They were hired to do housework, weren’t they?” Rowan snorted. “She doesn’t have to be in this line if she thinks it’s too tiring.”
I shook my head. He would regret his words in the future. Just as he got into bed, my phone rang. Surprisingly, it was a call from Benjamin. As soon as I answered it, I heard him say in despair, “Help me, Ms. Sadler! Someone’s beating me up!”
“Where are you?” I asked gravely.
“Vinestone Hotel’s parking lot!” As soon as the words were out of his mouth, t heard muffled thumps and hits. He groaned from the blows, and the call cut off.
I immediately got changed and grabbed my car keys before tuming to leave the room.
“Where are you going?” Rowan suddenly asked.